The Future of the Professions (Bog)

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them. In an internet-enhanced society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century. The Future of the Professions explains how increasingly capable technologies - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will place the 'practical expertise' of the finest specialists at the fingertips of everyone, often at no or low cost and without face-to-face interaction. The authors challenge the 'grand bargain' - the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals. They argue that our current professions are antiquated, opaque and no longer affordable, and that the expertise of their best is enjoyed only by a few. In their place, they propose five new models for producing and distributing expertise in society. The book raises profound policy issues, not least about employment (they envisage a new generation of 'open-collared workers') and about control over online expertise (they warn of new 'gatekeepers') - in an era when machines become more capable than human beings at most tasks. With a new preface exploring recent critical developments, this updated edition builds on the authors' groundbreaking research into more than a dozen professions. Illustrated with numerous examples from each, this is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century.

Titel: The Future of the Professions
Forfattere: Richard Susskind,Daniel Susskind
Udgave: 1. udgave
Genre: erhverv_oekonomi_ledelse
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Udgivelsesår: 2015
Sammendrag: Bogen opstiller to mulige fremtider for de klassiske professioner: en hvor teknologi gradvist forbedrer og effektiviserer det eksisterende arbejde, og en mere gennemgribende transformation hvor intelligente systemer overtager centrale funktioner. Med udgangspunkt i forskning og praksiseksempler diskuterer forfatterne konsekvenserne for arbejdsmarked, uddannelse og samfund.
Type: Hardcover
En fagbog om hvordan kunstig intelligens, automatisering og internetbaserede systemer vil forandre klassiske professioner som advokater, læger, revisorer, lærere og andre vidensarbejdere. Forfatterne analyserer, hvordan teknologi både kan effektivisere eksisterende arbejdsformer og på længere sigt erstatte dele af professionelt arbejde gennem mere avancerede systemer.